Hi Dave,

 RH> when we visit family, we have coverage in most areas. We also wanted
 RH> something that would work nation wide and Google Fi has been the best
 RH> in that respect also.

 DD> I just get an itchy feeling between my shoulder blades over anything
 DD> to do with Google or MacIntrash.

We don't do Mac or Windows but found that Google Fi works for our phones
and Google is our default search engine.

 DD>      88

 RH> and still had a lot left so, after thinking about it........sweet
 RH> potato butter.

 DD> So, did you like it for yourself? Or are you still "off of" sweet
 DD> ptatoes?

 RH> I still don't eat sweet potatoes in most forms, including that. Terra
 RH> Chips puts out a mixed bag of chips including sweet potato, parsnip,
 RH> batata and white (Atlantic and Snowden), colored with beet juice--I
 RH> will eat those sweet potatoes. Also, some Korean dishes use sweet
 RH> potato noodles and I'll eat them.

 DD> I'm off of most any "crisps" (chips) except good ol' greasy, salty,
 DD> non flavoured potato chips. Preferably a thicker wavy or "Ruffles"
 DD> style so I can use it to scoop up dip, etc. I do the tortilla chips at
 DD> a Mexican restaurant as a spoon to scoop up the rice and refried beans
 DD> though.

We don't do many potato chips but tried these some time ago and liked
them. They've come out with a garlic spice varient so we bought a bag,
didn't care for it and went back to the original. Other chips we buy are
black bean totilla chips for Steve, corn chips for me.

 DD> You mentioned "batata" above. Sent me to the Bing search engine for a
 DD> (*another*) learning experience. I have never, AFAIK, had batata nor
 DD> seen it in any of the stores around where I have been. But it
 DD> certainly looks interesting. "This root vegetable is known by many
 DD> names, depending on where you plant your flag, including boniato,
 DD> tropical sweet potato, Cuban sweet potato, batiste, and camote."

 DD> I'll take a look at Hy-Vee and/or Schnuks (bast fresh produce stores
 DD> in my area). And check with Burpee seeds for possibly raising my own.

I just quoted the listing on the bag. (G)

 DD> NOTE TO EAVESDROPPERS - here's a link to my introdsuction to the
 DD> batata

 DD> https://westchestermagazine.com/food/what-is-batata-root-vegetable/

 DD> And then I went looking for recipes. HAH! Every one I looked at when
 DD> doing a search on "batata recipe" called for potatoes. I finally
 DD> picked one that looked interesting. If I ever make it I will find some
 DD> batta and sub it for the potatoes.  Bv)=

Go for it!

 DD>      88

 RH> My usual morning "go to" tea is Tetley's British Blend but about once a
 RH> week I treat myself to Good Earth's Sweet and Spicy Original. Wegman's
 RH> has a similar (but lacking some of the spices) tea like the Good Earth;
 RH> it's my fall back when I can't get the Good Earth. We've been ordering
 RH> it on line but they went thru a spell where it wasn't available; when
 RH> it came back, we ordered a 6 pack. (G)

 DD> I have some Tetley Brit Blend on hand. I'll have to look for the "Good
 DD> Earth" stuff. Hmmmmmm, I wonder if Food Fantasies might stock it.
 DD> They're my local health/natural foods & supplements stor.

Might be worth a try. We've found it in Harris Teeter and occaisonally
(while travelling) in other grocery stores. The easiest way to get it
tho (for us) is to order it on line. There are several varients of it,
including a chai, but I like the sweet and spicy original (with
caffiene) the best.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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... OH NO!  Not ANOTHER learning experience!

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